Amazing location, fresh fish ...what else??? Excellent wine list, we had Bollinger Champagne for a…read morereasonable price! Appetizers are delicious and the fresh wild fish is unbelievable! Thank you so much for your warm hospitality!

first of all, one has to admit.....great location! when the sun goes down over the harbour, there…read moreis hardly a better place to be than the piazza on which 1918 is located. having said that, one can imagine that with this spectacular location comes great attraction of tourists. there is one restaurant/bar next to each other. hardly locals was my feeling. BUT 1918 does is great job in keeping a very good quality of their products in this tourist surrounding. the service is very friendly and professional. all selected foods were of a perfect quality and freshness....only the seasoning could have been a little more present. the suggested, local wine was very good. the kids liked the food aswell and the dog was also welcome. a perfect dinner. thank you.

This place is amazing and has some of the best seafood dishes I have ever had! I recommend their…read morehouse white wine; it pairs fantastic with the seafood dishes. The seafood risotto was the best risotto I've had in Italy with very tasty, fresh mussels, prawns, clams& squid. Their crusted sea bass & calamari with rucola& tomatoes was delicious as well. This place is definitely worth the visit!

Amazing food, and the service was phenomenal! We built a great relationship with the owner and our…read morewaiter. It's also right on the water with all the locals. Definitely go to this spot if you are here on vacation.

Lovely restaurant with good food, overlooking the beach and bay…read more We had two meals here during our stay in San Terenzo, and both were very good. The seafood is fresh and excellent -- we simply followed the advice of our waiter about what was best that day. A spinach side or salad was a nice complement to the main course. Wine selection was very nice. There are several good restaurants in San Terenzo and Lerichi and this is one of them, with a nice location. Relatives live several months a year in San Terenzo and they recommended this restaurant highly.

This is the place to escape the crowds and have a wonderful lunch (or dinner) with a super nice…read moregroup of folks who serve you. Just a 45 minute or the last boat ride south from any one of the Cinque Terre towns...., Located on a small side street that runs through the middle of the town this tiny restaurant has no view but has inside and outside tables and you do not miss the ocean views because the food and service is so outstanding. Ilaria was our great and kind waitress at Portivene In Porto Venere. You can't miss her with her dyed red hair. Great clams & muscles, glasses of delicious red and cold white wine served with pesto pasta along With an unbelievable tasty local fish of some kind, (which we could not pronounce). The local wine we sipped at our table on the tiny street, was better than what we had in some of the finest restaurants in Rome. Our desserts work extremely tasteful and the perfect end of the meal. We didn't want to leave our little table. What a great little find!

I had an amazing, amazing dinner at this place. I'm glad I added it to yelp, because it's a must…read moresee. This is one of the regions of Italy that people tend to go straight to Bologna for and easily skip. I'm not sure I understand why, because Portovenere by itself is a beautiful port and definitely has some of the best pesto and limoncello of the region. Why would you be on yelp and not want great food? Forget Milan and Bologna, Cinque Terre and Portovenere are where it's at. They are well featured on everything except yelp, which is why I felt compelled to have this added. Enough about that, lets get on to the unique foods and drinks of the area. Porivene is basically down a back alley which is how the streets are in Portovenere, so it's easy to miss. They had a dish called a porridge pot, and I'm not really sure how to describe it. It's a mixture of bread that includes a unique soft cheese that is almost like a sour cream (tasty, not bitter), and a plentiful helping of pesto to go alongside it. We also got a Pesto pizza and Pesto pasta - notice a theme here? These guys do not mess around when it comes to Pesto. When I say best in the world, Italy should always come to mind. Whereas sobou charges an arm and a leg for pretty decent stuff, these guys charge very little for amazing food. The Pesto pasta was mixed with a very plentiful amount of fresh pesto, and was absolutely delicious. Likewise the Pesto Pizza was pretty good sized - remember, in Italy a pizza is considered a single person food item and each of these easily fit as a meal for me and my wife. Also, don't forget to try to the vin santo! Vin Santo is like a strong amaretto, which you dip cookies into. Apparently it's a big thing in the region and very much not to be underestimated. Portivene un mare di sapori was one of the best places we had eaten in all of Italy. Not only that, but it's right near the awesome pesto shop I mentioned in another review. This is a must find/must review/must eat for anyone in the region - although keep in mind that the bus from La Spezia takes about 25 minutes to get there and only stops at Portovenere every hour or so to take you back.

This is my 330th restaurant review, and one that will be read the least by the fewest, because it's…read morefor a place in a remote little coastal town in central Italy that no one will travel to. So, using The Food Network as my rating bar and referring to one of their shows called "Best Thing I Ever Ate", what are the chances of having two of "Best Things" from the same restaurant? Slim at best, but accurate. Osteria La Caletta is so damn good that when traveling, my (Chef) wife, NEVER goes back to the same restaurant twice, Not now! We Went two nights in a row. A First! Osteria La Caletta on night #1 served us the absolute best Sea Bass she or me {sic} ever had - period; and, we come from Angelini Osteria (L.A.) country. This Branzino was so good, it replaced my "Death Row - Last Meal" rack of ribs that has held steady for over 30 years. I mean, come on, for real? YES! This little family owned restaurant in the town of Tellaro, just nailed it. I am normally a fast eater, but on this night with this dish, I savored each bite of this magnificent fish. Okay then, a rack of Baby Backs to Baked Fish for my last meal. Guess it had to be pretty GREAT! So, night #2 we return to the scene of the crime and ordered the seafood risotto. Now, anyone can make risotto. Give me a box of Uncle Ben's and some chicken stock and even I can bluff it. But, to do it right, I mean really right, it's like trying to split a hydrogen atom. The degree of difficulty in the ratio of stock to heat, to stirring to simmering is more complicated than an Astro-Dynamics calculus formula. Osteria La Caletta made a PERFECT risotto. A 10! Creamy, soft, delicate, complicated, delicious. So, it now replaced the Sea Bass which was on my "Death Row - Last Meal" exactly 1 day. The service is extraordinary, the ambiance is casual Italian, the noise level is - There is no noise level. Osteria La Caletta is such a special place. Besides it being on the coast in this small Italian town, it is one of the best restaurants I've ever been to and that is a very strong statement!

Location excellent in quiet tellaro…read more Shared a big fish tasting menu with my gf. Alot of food with a large variety of seafood. Some of the dishes were excellent, some were very good and a few were disappointing. Think they vary the selection based on season and catch of the day. Recommended!

My husband, my parents and I were visiting from the states. Found the restaurant on yelp. We were…read moregreeted by the one of the brothers and the our her helped to serve us. Food was fast and amazing. Family owned atmosphere was a lot of fun and they made sure that we were fed well!!

Top notch seafood and service. We highly recommend and would definately return if we are fortunate…read moreto be in the area.

Good value seafood dinner! This is a great option for a…read morecheap and cheerful seafood dinner near the harbour in La Spezia. It's not a fine dining thing - it's self service, disposable crockery and cutlery. You choose your food from the blackboard at the front of the entrance (and you can see what you'll get in the bain marie inside). We loved our salmone al forno and lasagne al salmone with peperoni and cavolo. We were there in early February so there was no queue - the service was fast and friendly!

If you're ever in La Spezia, come try Dai Pescatori! There was a short line out front, but got to…read moreknow the system while waiting. The menu is listed as a pictoral on the side of the entrance, with specials written on a chalkboard on the other side. We were a little nervous because other reviews said the servers would get annoyed if you didn't know what to order. But, the lady at the front seemed to appreciate that we attempted to pronunciate the foods correctly, even grinning at times. You basically order your food and are served on the spot. Then you look for an available table. What we got was delicious, fresh seafood! The Seafood Insalata was an aaaortment of clams, calamari and shrimp in a light olive oil dressing. We also had the Misto Frito, fried little fish, shrimp, scallops and calamari! and finally the linguine with fish (ricciola), so good... Oh, there's a refrigerator on the side that you can chose a beverage of choice from. We opted to share a ltr of Chianti for $4 euro!! Overall, an terrific and reasonable seafood dinner on the wharf!!

Great food Great Service Great views. Reservations recommended. Lots of seafoodread more

Not sure what the last review was about! This place is great. We were looking for a homespun…read morelocation that might offer coastal cuisine and this was the spot. I would recommend parking about .10 km away where there is public parking. We arrived on Sunday and tried to feed the meter and a very nice man informs that parking was free on Sunday. After a walk around the town we decided to have lunch here. Quaint spot with good energy. This was the first meal where we tried the more traditional way of eating multiple courses and each one delivered. I would recommend giving them a try.

Ohhh man - seafood pasta was delicious and had a guilty pleasure side of french fries that were…read moredelicious as well. Good wine, good salad - but then I ordered tiramisu. Best. In. My. Life. Outstanding experience all around!

Walked in to a half filled restaurant with my hungry family. Asked for be seated, barely got an…read moreEnglish response but was turned away stated no tables available. I pointed to the empty ones, perhaps over 6 tables, but nope. Reserved she said. We finished our dinner next door to a much more friendlier restaurant and when we walked past this Chiglia one, there were still empty tables. Well o think it's discrimination because we are asians. The look given to us pretty much said it all. Thanks it's ok anyway.